Brooke Smith

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Chris Chalk

Clemens Ray, "12 Years a Slave"

When Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), is kidnapped and thrown onto a boat heading South and into years of slavery, his fellow victim Clemens advises survival at all costs. In his scenes, Chalk had to embody that instinct. "Clemens is very much like, 'Let's be smart about how we go through this thing....

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